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Re:Judge rules White House pressured social networks to “sup... by dporter on Thursday July 06, 2023 @09:33AM (#36615508)
It stands for “The Former Guy.” Some people won’t say Trump’s name.
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Re:Judge rules White House pressured social networks to “sup... by mcpackieh on Thursday July 06, 2023 @10:49AM (#36616824)
It's such an odd thing. I don't think I've ever heard people refusing to say Stalin or Hitler's names. Andrew Jackson isn't alluded to with euphemisms, despite being a piece of shit who perpetrated genocide among other crimes. Nixon doesn't get this for his crimes and shitty policies, nor Truman for the a-bombs or FDR for mass internment of American citizens.

It seems like an idea people got from Harry Potter refusing to say Voldemort.

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Re:Judge rules White House pressured social networks to “sup... by krapp on Thursday July 06, 2023 @12:20PM (#36618336)
When you've seen enough threads derail, go unhinged and burst into flames at the mere mention of his name, it makes sense.
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Re:Judge rules White House pressured social networks to “sup... by mcpackieh on Thursday July 06, 2023 @12:41PM (#36618739)
If the conversation is about Trump I don't think there's any hiding that, nor any avoiding of flame wars.

Honestly I think it's a reddit meme from Harry Potter fans.

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Re:Judge rules White House pressured social networks to “sup... by code_duck on Thursday July 06, 2023 @01:00PM (#36619090)
More of a Twitter thing from my observations, and nobody is thinking about Harry Potter at all.
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Re:Judge rules White House pressured social networks to “sup... by ajkjk on Thursday July 06, 2023 @02:21PM (#36620497)
Seems like "TFG" made it kinda derail here instead.
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Re:Judge rules White House pressured social networks to “sup... by krapp on Thursday July 06, 2023 @05:48PM (#36623557)
You're damned if you do here, and damned if you don't.
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Re:Judge rules White House pressured social networks to “sup... by ajkjk on Thursday July 06, 2023 @06:14PM (#36623938)
No, I think here "Trump" is normal and "TFG" is weird.
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